8212.000 Crossopteryx Fenzl

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate; stipules interpetiolar, triangular. Domatia sometimes present. Inflorescence a dense branched terminal corymbose panicle. Calyx with 4-6 teeth. Corolla salver-shaped with 4-6 contorted spreading lobes. Ovary 2-locular. Style long-exserted. Fruit a capsule, splitting into 2 persistent valves. Seeds with a fimbriate wing.

Worldwide: 1 species in tropical and South Africa

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Crossopteryx febrifuga

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febrifuga (Afzel. ex G. Don) Benth.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Crossopteryx
Flora of Caprivi: Crossopteryx
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Crossopteryx
Flora of Malawi: Crossopteryx
Flora of Mozambique: Crossopteryx
Flora of Zambia: Crossopteryx

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Crossopteryx
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Crossopteryx
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Crossopteryx
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iNaturalist: Crossopteryx
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Crossopteryx
JSTOR Plant Science: Crossopteryx
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Crossopteryx
Plants of the World Online: Crossopteryx
Tropicos: Crossopteryx
Wikipedia: Crossopteryx

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Crossopteryx.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1370, retrieved 19 March 2024

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